Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans: The North American Response and a Call for Action
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1 Center for Wildlife Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, 2 Amphibian Survival Alliance, Austin, Texas, United States of America, 3 Association of Fish andWildlife Agencies, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 4 Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America, 5 Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, 6 CanadianWildlife Health Cooperative, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 7 Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, México, 8 Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wye Mills, Maryland, United States of America, 9 Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 10 NewMexico Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish andWildlife Service, Albuquerque, NewMexico, United States of America, 11 Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of America, 12 Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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